After a weeks delay, some 70 million Nigerians are expected to got to the polls to choose members of the House of Assembly on Saturday. In some districts, where voting took place before the cancellation was announced last weekend, elections will be further delayed because the election commission was unable to get replacement ballots reprinted in time. Some appear to be working diligently to ensure fair elections against a backdrop of the 2007 elections which many were fraudulent. One writer postured "this ritual must not be hollow" but spoke about the growing apathy of the citizenry over elections that are hijacked by politicians.
Headline from an article in the National Mirror " Man arrested in Ibadan for printing ballot papers".
And so the democracy continues to learn and grow.
A crowd has been gathered outside the gates of the Dankani since yesterday afternoon. One gate has been locked only one way in-one way out. Wish I had a camera with a telephoto lens.
Anyway, the office closed at noon and I'm in for the duration of the weekend. I need to pack for my journey back to Bauchi.
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